DextersTechLabPart 2 on the restoration of the most influential digital painting system from the early 1980s, The original DPB-7001 Quantel Paintbox released in 1981.
DL208 Quantel DPB-7001 Digital Paintbox Restoration & Repair Part 2DextersTechLab2021-01-22 | Part 2 on the restoration of the most influential digital painting system from the early 1980s, The original DPB-7001 Quantel Paintbox released in 1981.
In this video i work out how to fit a Quantel Snetcom network board into an old PC case to make myself a giant 96Gb network storage system for all my Quantel / AFS files.
Mastodon: https://mastodon.social/@DextersTechLabDL246 Quantel Picturenet+, Netcom & Snetcom.DextersTechLab2023-09-03 | http://www.pcbway.com - The full featured PCB prototype service!
In this video i take a look at the Quantel Netcom / Snetcom boards and the Picturenet+ system as it allowed Quantel V-Series machines to exchange files over a network.
Mastodon: https://mastodon.social/@DextersTechLabDL245 Quantel Editbox Restoration UpdateDextersTechLab2023-09-02 | Quick update on the Quantel Editbox RestorationDL244 Quantel Editbox Restoration Maybe?DextersTechLab2023-08-01 | http://www.pcbway.com - The full featured PCB prototype service! In this video i check out a garage stored Quantel Editbox and see if it might be worth restoring to working condition.
Mastodon: https://mastodon.social/@DextersTechLabDL243 5D Monster Masher A 1990s PC For Video Effects RenderingDextersTechLab2023-03-25 | http://www.pcbway.com - The full featured PCB prototype service! In this video i take a look at a 5D Monster Masher, a server PC from the late 1990s that renders effects on videos. With hardware manufactured by Intergraph and software from 5D this box accelerated effects plugins for Quantel, Adobe and others.
Mastodon: https://mastodon.social/@DextersTechLabDL242 Somfy Electric Roller Blind Motor | REPAIRDextersTechLab2023-02-19 | In this video i re-assemble a Somfy Wirefree RTS electric blind motor after replacing the motor that had failed.
Mastodon: https://mastodon.social/@DextersTechLabDL241 Reverse Engineering PALs With DuPAL For Quantel Paintbox EmulatorDextersTechLab2023-02-12 | http://www.pcbway.com - The full featured PCB prototype service!
In this video i build and take a quick look at the DuPAL PAL reverse engineering tool required if we're to make more progress on the Quantel DPB-7001 Paintbox Emulator.
Mastodon: https://mastodon.social/@DextersTechLabDL240 Quantel HAL Express & Dylan Restoration Part 4 [Long & Technical!]DextersTechLab2023-01-15 | http://www.pcbway.com - The full featured PCB prototype service!
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In this long and technical video i look deep inside the Quantel Dylan 'Chatterdisk' video disk array how it works and offer some insights into why it doesn't!
Discord: discord.gg/XdaRJBgMGe Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/dexterslab2013 Mastodon: https://mastodon.social/@DextersTechLab Twitter: http://twitter.com/DextersTechLabDL239 Quantel HAL & Dylan Restoration Part 3DextersTechLab2022-11-12 | In this video i take a quick look at the Quantel Dylan video disk array. Capable of real time uncompressed full broadcast quality video in 1993 using Quantel's 'Chatterdisk' technology.
Dylan was used on the Quantel HAL, EditBox and Henry to provide uncompressed video storage for compositing and editing.
Twitter: http://twitter.com/DextersTechLabThis vintage Quantel HAL video effects machine needs more power!DextersTechLab2022-10-21 | ...DL238 Quantel HAL Express Restoration Part 2DextersTechLab2022-10-12 | In Part 2 of the Quantel HAL Restoration i detail what was done to the HAL to get it into a working state, detail some of the built in diagnostics and give you a very quick tour of the system before we tackle the big problem... the Dylan disk array which i will be looking at in Part 3!
Twitter: http://twitter.com/DextersTechLabComputing digital video 1990s styleDextersTechLab2022-09-30 | Quantel HAL doing digital video stuff like it's 1995!DL237 Quantel HAL Express Restoration Part 1DextersTechLab2022-09-24 | http://www.pcbway.com - The full featured PCB prototype service! In this video i begin a big project to restore a 1995 vintage Quantel HAL Express back to working.
The HAL was a post production video compositing and effects system from the 1990s. It helped bring onto your screen all those edgy graphics we saw on TV in the early 1990s.
Twitter: http://twitter.com/DextersTechLabPainting With Light Laserdisc Remaster - David Hockney - Larry Rivers - Jennifer BartlettDextersTechLab2022-08-18 | Painting With Light was a series of programs shown on UK TV on BBC2 in 1987. It features six artists as they explore the Quantel DPB-7001 Digital Paint Box. Production was a collaboration between the BBC and Griffin Productions.
Some of the episodes were edited and compiled and released onto Laserdisc for the North American market.
This video is a restoration of that Laserdisc version. It features four of the original programs in a compiled and edited feature.
This features David Hockney, Larry Rivers, Howard Hodgkin and Jennifer Bartlett.
I would like to thank everyone involved with the Domesday86 and ld-decode projects for their assistance in getting the highest quality video off the Laserdisc.
0:00 - Introduction 1:34 - Quantel Paintbox 2:13 - David Hockney 20:34 - Drawing Portraits From Memory 27:54 - Experiments With Wider Perspectives 44:55 - Larry Rivers 1:05:17 - Howard Hodgkin 1:08:17 - Ideas For Costumes 1:09:40 - A Stage Within A Stage 1:16:43 - Jennifer Bartlett 1:27:53 - CreditsDL236 Painting With Light Laserdisc IntroductionDextersTechLab2022-08-18 | In this video i introduce the release of the Laserdisc version of the BBCs Painting With Light series.
Domesday86 Project: domesday86.comDL235 The Story Behind The Channel IntroDextersTechLab2022-08-06 | In this video i talk about the video intro i have ben using recently. About how i helped someone in Germany fix up a Quantel HAL Express and for them to make the intro as a thank you.
Twitter: http://twitter.com/DextersTechLabDL234 OmniTek XR HD-SDI Analyser Teardown & TestingDextersTechLab2022-07-24 | In this video i take a look at a new addition to the lab an OmniTek XR HD-SDI digital video analyser which dates from around 2008.
Twitter: http://twitter.com/DextersTechLabDL233 1990s Quantel / Wacom Drawing Tablet RestorationDextersTechLab2022-07-03 | In this video i clean up and test a 1990s Quantel branded Wacom tablet.
Twitter: http://twitter.com/DextersTechLabDL232 Ikegami HTM-1990R CRT Broadcast MonitorDextersTechLab2022-07-03 | In this video i take a quick look at a new arrival in the lab, a utterly majestic Ikegami HTM-1990R Broadcast Monitor.
Twitter: http://twitter.com/DextersTechLabDL230 Quantel DPB 7001 The Hardware Part 1 CombinerDextersTechLab2022-04-27 | http://www.pcbway.com - The full featured PCB prototype service! I begin a series of videos looking at how the hardware of the Quantel DPB-7001 Digital Paint Box actually work. The first to look at is the COMBINER card.
Twitter: http://twitter.com/DextersTechLabDL229 Quantel DPB-7001 Restoration & Repair Part 9DextersTechLab2022-04-17 | In this video i get the Quantel DPB-7001 Digital Paintbox i detail the progress of the video input. RGB video is now working and i have a plan to relocate the machine and free up space in the lab to aid repairs.
Twitter: http://twitter.com/DextersTechLabDL228 Quantel DPB-7001 Restoration & Repair Part 8DextersTechLab2022-02-19 | http://www.pcbway.com - The full featured PCB prototype service! In this video i get the Quantel DPB-7001 Digital Paintbox almost 100% working and demonstrate the previously non-working functions with the use of a commercial SMD Hard Disk Emulator.
Part 5 on the restoration of the most influential digital painting system from the early 1980s, The original DPB-7001 Quantel Paintbox released in 1981.
In this video i take a tour around an unusual bit of hardware used in automation. The SmartImage Sensor 620 was manufactured by DVT in the early 2000s. It combines a video camera with hardware processing to provide machine vision for production and processing automation.
Spreadshirt Store: shop.spreadshirt.co.uk/dexterstechlabDLShort: Very crusty capacitors and brittle zip ties in this old PSU!DextersTechLab2021-07-28 | More quantel repairs!DL220 1990s CCIR656 Digital Video Analyser - Made Exclusively For Quantel Engineers!DextersTechLab2021-07-08 | http://www.pcbway.com - The full featured PCB prototype service! In this video i explore one of Quantels in-house designed video analysers used during development of hardware and software in the 1990s. Made by Quantel for Quantel!
Spreadshirt Store: shop.spreadshirt.co.uk/dexterstechlabDL217 Teardown Snell Wilcox CVR500 TV Standards ConverterDextersTechLab2021-05-31 | A quick teardown of a donated Snell & Wilcox CVR500 Digital Standards Converter.
This device converts to and from 525 and 625 line standard definition video in the digital SDI video format.
Twitter: http://twitter.com/DextersTechLabDL215 S4C TVs Quantel Picturebox & Conversion To PaintboxDextersTechLab2021-05-14 | http://www.pcbway.com - The full featured PCB prototype service! In another Quantel orientated video i look at a Quantel Picturebox Express i bought from S4C TV in Cardiff. I also detail the conversion to a full Paintbox Express.
Part 6 on the restoration of the most influential digital painting system from the early 1980s, The original DPB-7001 Quantel Paintbox released in 1981. In this video we look at the SMD Disk interface, disk format and the beginnings of the DE-10 Nano SMD Disk Emulator.
http://www.patreon.com/dexterslab2013 http://twitter.com/DextersTechLabDL213 Xbox One Controller Joystick ReplacementDextersTechLab2021-03-30 | In this quick video i replace one of the joysticks in a Microsoft Xbox One controller.DL212 Wandel & Goltermann PF 140 Error Analyser TeardownDextersTechLab2021-03-29 | In this video i teardown a Wandel & Goltermann Telecommunications Error Analyser.
Dating from 1998 this device was used to check and analyse the condition of fibreoptic telecoms links based on SONET and SDH technologies.
Thanks go to patron Hog who donated this to the lab for you to see.
Part 5 on the restoration of the most influential digital painting system from the early 1980s, The original DPB-7001 Quantel Paintbox released in 1981.
Part 4 on the restoration of the most influential digital painting system from the early 1980s, The original DPB-7001 Quantel Paintbox released in 1981.
Part 3 on the restoration of the most influential digital painting system from the early 1980s, The original DPB-7001 Quantel Paintbox released in 1981.
http://www.patreon.com/dexterslab2013 http://twitter.com/DextersTechLabDL207 Quantel DPB-7001 Digital Paintbox Restoration & Repair Part 1DextersTechLab2021-01-20 | In this video i begin a series of updates on the restoration of the most influential digital painting system from the early 1980s, The original DPB-7001 Quantel Paintbox released in 1981.
http://www.patreon.com/dexterslab2013 http://twitter.com/DextersTechLabDL206 Peak Electronics Atlas Pro Pack DrawDextersTechLab2020-12-12 | In this video i draw the winner of the Peak Electronics Atlas Pro Pack. Congratulations to our winner and thank you all for entering!DL206 £200 Test Gear Giveaway from Peak Electronics! ENTRIES CLOSEDDextersTechLab2020-12-09 | PLEASE NOTE THAT ENTRIES HAVE NOW CLOSED!
It's giveaway time! This is your chance to get your hands on a Peak Electronics Atlas Pro Pack worth over £200! Peak Electronics Discount Code: DTL15 peakelec.co.ukDL205 Atari Lynx Refurbish & McWill LCD UpgradeDextersTechLab2020-12-05 | http://www.pcbway.com - XMAS SALE NOW ON! In this video refurbish two Atari Lynx Games Consoles with one of them getting the premium McWill LCD Screen Upgrade!
http://www.patreon.com/dexterslab2013 http://twitter.com/DextersTechLabDL200 Quantel Paintbox Restoration Part 3 - FinalDextersTechLab2020-09-23 | A final segment to the rather protracted restoration, after failing to get the SDI outputs working and also failing to make use of the network card i bring all the parts together for a final summary video.DL199 Quantel Paintbox Restoration Part 2 Video OutputDextersTechLab2020-09-03 | In this video a continue to fix up the Quantel Paintbox destined for Germany, although the outcome is not quite what i wanted!
In this video i start the restoration of a mid 90s Quantel Paintbox, in part one i give a tour of the insides and replace the NVRAMs on the Bridge Processor card.